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Mr Kurek <snip> said he was "struck" by the social isolation he was subjected to. "Before I came out as gay, I had a very busy social life. After I came out, I didn't hear from 95 percent of my friends," he told ABC America.

I'm actually in a foul mood today (battling with an insurance company over the replacement of my motor scooter written off in an accident five weeks ago...) so I must admit I don't see the irony/humor in my last comment?[1]

As if a "few more Christians" would make a difference to the almost 2 billion other self-identified Christians around the world. If you said "Only if more Christians would do this..." that would at least be more apropos. Oh, and your personal tribulations are irrelevant. Either you find it "funny", or you don't. You either agree witrh my response, or you don't. Your personal tribulations are irrelevant.

He "walked a mile in their mocassins." One of the best ways to actually learn to empathize with an alternate viewpoint. I applaud him, and with natlegend, hope others hear his message.

Nam, I can hope that "a few" equals billions. I know it won't happen, but every little bit helps. I don't think we should minimize what he's done. Yes, he's only one person. But now everyone who knows him will be affected as well, and then there's the book. That will touch more people. Its a good thing.

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If we ever travel thousands of light years to a planet inhabited by intelligent life, let's just make patterns in their crops and leave.

Thanks Traveler... every journey starts with one step. I think chriatians tend to listen better to other christians, so, maybe this could be the pyramid-type beginnings of understanding. I dunno. It's better than nothing.

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

If you took the word "few" out of nat's comment and decided she meant 3 people, then you probably took it way too literally. When I read it, the last thing I thought was that she was hoping 3 more Christians would follow.

'Few' is relative, it only has to be a small number, but small itself is relative - it could actually be 5 million Christians, but if it's relative to the number of Christians out there it's small, but relative to the number of people doing this it's huge (or so I pressume). So if 5 million Christians, particularly, 5 million Christians belonging to churchs who condemn homosexuality pulled this off, their experiences would 1) be fantastic sample data 2) set an example.

Now I'm sure Nat's choice of words weren't meant to be analysed, it was probably meant well and to represent Nat's sentiments, perhaps poor word choice, or maybe not 'few' can be meant ironically and I have used it that way myself. More Christians need to do this. Heck, argubly, not just Christians, but people. Those who discriminate should understand what it feels like to be discriminated against. I applaud the Christian for trying it.

It reminds me of a Religious Education[1] lesson I had at school, our teacher wanted to teach us about discrimination, so what he did was for the entire lesson he had picked a few traits students in the class and for the entire lesson he discriminated against them and then treated everybody else fairly. Don't worry, he didn't take it too far and make it unethical (people knew he was up to something), but it was an effective lesson because at the end when he started asking questions about it, everybody had all the right answers. Sure they didn't feel what it was like to be truly discriminated against, but it was a decent teaching method none-the-less.

What cheapshot? Your assumption of a "few" equating to "3" stipulates I think so simple-mindedly, which I don't believe I have ever given the impression to anyone that I think like that. Therefore your comment was "Nonsense". If you disagree, that's your right.

What cheapshot? Your assumption of a "few" equating to "3" stipulates I think so simple-mindedly, which I don't believe I have ever given the impression to anyone that I think like that. Therefore your comment was "Nonsense". If you disagree, that's your right.

-Nam

Yet, instead of using a reply, you use the Karma system to make an even more pointless "point". I would suggest you stop using the Karma system in such an idiotic way. Save that for IGI.